commence

英 [kəˈmens]

美 [kəˈmens]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手

过去分词：commenced　现在分词：commencing　过去式：commenced　第三人称单数：commences　

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同义词辨析

startbegincommence【导航词义：开始】

牛津词典

verb

• 开始发生；开始；着手
  to begin to happen; to begin sth
  1. The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
     会议定于午间召开。
  2. The day commenced with a welcome from the principal.
     那天由校长致欢迎词开始。
  3. I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February.
     我将从2月15日开始一周的休假。
  4. She commenced her medical career in 1956.
     她于1956年开始行医。
  5. We commence building next week.
     我们下周破土动工。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 开始
  When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
  1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
     学年于10月初开始。
  2. They commenced a systematic search...
     他们开始进行彻底搜查。
  3. The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
     猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近，不过 commence 一词更为正式，通常不用于对话中。例如，The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，然后另列一张)，an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutset out
• set in motion, cause to start
  1. The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
  2. The Iraqis began hostilities
  3. begin a new chapter in your life
  Synonym:beginlead offstart
• get off the ground
  1. Who started this company?
  2. We embarked on an exciting enterprise
  3. I start my day with a good breakfast
  4. We began the new semester
  5. The afternoon session begins at 4 PM
  6. The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack
  Synonym:startstart upembark on

双语例句

• When the construction work is expected to commence and when it will be completed?
  有关兴建工程预计何时动工，及将于何时完成？
• The academic year commences at the beginning of October
  学年于10月初开始。
• You should commence with this book.
  你该先读这本书。
• Or did the pagans commence war against the christians?
  或者说异教徒开始了对基督徒的战争？
• The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
  猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。
• Tom and his companions commence on their third bottle in an hour.
  汤姆和他的同伴在一个小时内开始喝第三瓶酒了。
• As you might imagine, once the real changes commence people will be unable to ignore them.
  正如你们可能想像的，一旦真正的改变开始，人们将无法忽视它们。
• I shall forthwith commence the duties of the high trust to which you have called me.
  现在我就将开始你们召唤我上任的被赋予如此高度信任的职务。
• When you're ready to commence the recording process, the start method is called.
  准备开始录制流程时，将调用start方法。
• Full two-way trade will not commence until 2018.
  全面的双向交易要到2018年才开始。